Specialist Midwife for Bereavement
Job overview
The NCA is excited to announce an opportunity for a dedicated midwife to take on a secondment as our Specialist Midwife for Bereavement. This role is crucial in ensuring the provision of comprehensive bereavement care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal phases for individuals giving birth and their families.
As the Specialist Midwife for Bereavement, you will utilise your professional leadership skills and expert clinical knowledge to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) in delivering and enhancing a compassionate and high-quality bereavement care pathway.Key responsibilities will include reviewing existing clinical care pathways and actively engaging in governance processes related to bereavement, including important initiatives such as the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) and the MBRRACE-UK (Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK).
This is a unique opportunity for a midwife with a passion for supporting families during their most challenging times, contributing to the development and implementation of best practices in bereavement care. If you have the expertise and compassion required for this pivotal role, we encourage you to apply and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those navigating loss.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Midwife for Bereavement role is dynamic and offers numerous opportunities for personal and professional development. For a comprehensive overview, please refer to the job description.
In this position, you will provide expert support and facilitate staff members in delivering essential information, education, and practical advice to women and birthing individuals facing difficult decisions regarding fetal abnormalities. This involves supporting those who choose to terminate their pregnancies as well as those who opt to continue, including coordinating palliative care when appropriate.
The successful candidate will excel in offering personalised and compassionate care to families, while also contributing to the development of pathways and guidelines related to stillbirth, late miscarriage, medical terminations, and neonatal death.
Additionally, as the Bereavement Specialist Midwife, you will be responsible for the coordination and implementation of the national standardised Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) and will ensure adherence to the core principles of the National Bereavement Care Pathway.This role is an invaluable opportunity to advocate for bereavement care best practices and to lead initiatives that support families during their most challenging times. If you are passionate about making a difference in bereavement care and have the relevant experience, we encourage you to apply for this fulfilling position.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Midwifery Degree or Diploma
- Robust evidence of CPD including completion of midwifery preceptorship
- UK NMC PIN Number
- Counselling qualification
- Leadership qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of providing bereavement care
- Knowledge of maternity bereavement pathways
- Knowledge of clinical governance related to bereavement
- Experience of CDOP
- Clincial audit experience
- Understanding of budgets
Skills
Essential criteria- IT skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective timemanagement skills
- Ability to work calmly under pressure
- Presentation Skills
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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